Biology:Sarcoscyphaceae
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Short description: Family of fungi
| Sarcoscyphaceae | |
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| Sarcoscypha coccinea, the scarlet elf cup | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Pezizomycetes |
| Order: | Pezizales |
| Family: | Sarcoscyphaceae Le Gal ex Eckblad (1968)[1] |
| Type genus | |
| Sarcoscypha (Fr.) Boud. (1885)
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The Sarcoscyphaceae are a family of cup fungi in the order Pezizales. Members of the Sarcoscyphaceae are cosmopolitan in distribution, found in both tropical and temperate regions.[2]
Genera
A 2008 estimate placed 13 genera and 102 species in the family:[3]
- Aurophora Rifai 1968
- Cookeina Kuntze 1891
- Geodina Denison 1965
- Kompsoscypha Pfister 1989
- Microstoma (fungus) Bernstein 1852
- Nanoscypha Denison 1972
- Phillipsia Berk. 1881
- Pithya Fuckel 1870
- Pseudopithyella Seaver 1928
- Sarcoscypha (Fr.) Boud. 1885: anamorphs are Molliardiomyces Paden 1984
- Thindia Korf & Waraitch 1971
- Wynnea Berk. & M.A. Curtis 1867
References
- ↑ Eckblad FE. (1968). "The genera of the operculate discomycetes". Nytt Magasin for Botanik 15 (1–2): 1–191 (see p. 103).
- ↑ Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. 2007. p. 322. ISBN 978-0-85199-827-5.
- ↑ Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. 2008. p. 616. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
Wikidata ☰ Q2193232 entry
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